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Changes to the INSPIRE cchemes: What do they mean and how to adapt?
In February 2024, the European geospatial community took a major step forward with the first major update of the INSPIRE implementation schemes in almost a decade. This update, which generates version 5.0 of the schemas, introduces changes that affect the way spatial data are harmonised, transformed…
GeoPackage in INSPIRE: efficiency and usability for geospatial data geospatial data.
In the field of geospatial data, encoding and standardisation play a key role in ensuring interoperability between systems and improving accessibility to information.
The INSPIRE Directive (Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe) determines the general rules for the establishment of an Inf…
Complying with Europe. The Mobility High Value Datasets Regulation
Spain, as part of the European Union, is committed to the implementation of the European directives on open data and re-use of public sector information. This includes the adoption of initiatives such as the Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/138 issued by the European Commission, whic…
Complying with Europe. The High Value Sites of Earth Observation and Environment Regulation
The European Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/138 sets clear guidelines for public bodies on the availability of high-value datasets within 16 months from 20 January 2023. These high-value high value datasets (High value datasets or HVD) are grouped into the following themes, which were…
What is the value of open geographic data?
Geographic data allow us to learn about the world around us. From locating optimal travel routes to monitoring natural ecosystems, from urban planning and development to emergency management, geographic data has great potential to drive development and efficiency in multiple economic and social area…
Complying with Europe: Inspire and the High Value Geospatial Assemblies Regulation
The Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/138 of the European Commission sets clear guidelines for public bodies on the availability of high-value datasets within 16 months. These high-value datasets are grouped into the following themes, which were already described in this post post:
This article foc…
Discover IATE: the European Union's inter-institutional terminology bas
IATE, which stands for Interactive Terminology for Europe, is a dynamic database designed to support the multilingual drafting of European Union texts. It aims to provide relevant, reliable and easily accessible data with a distinctive added value compared to other sources of lexical informatio…
The role of blockchain in security and data privacy
The imminent application of the recent GDPR (May 25th) modifies the European panorama in terms of security and privacy of personal data. Overall, the GDPR could be considered a "Digital Declaration of Rights". As we saw earlier, this Regulation lists the detailed requirements that any institution or…
The transforming potential of blockchain in the use of data
Most likely, most of us will know, or at least have heard of blockchain technology, because of its relationship with the most popular cryptocurrency nowadays - Bitcoin. However, blockchain is not a technology born solely to sustain this new digital economy, but like many other blockchain technologie…
